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The Bulgarian team won their only two volleyball medals in Moscow, a silver and a bronze in the men's and women's tournament, respectively. [3] [4] The United States won its first medals in volleyball at the Los Angeles Games: a gold in the men's competition, and a silver in the women's. [5] [6] The People's Republic of China won the gold medal ...
They dominated the competition, winning the gold medal. In the aftermath of their Olympic win, the pair were awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. Cook and Pottharst were included in the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball's Team of the Decade. After the Olympics, Pottharst retired, and Cook found a new partner in Nicole Sanderson.
Pages in category "Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,544 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A serious knee injury in 1992 forced her off the hard court and she began playing beach volleyball. She partnered with Natalie Cook, and together they represented Australia at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, winning a bronze medal—the very first time that beach volleyball had been an Olympic sport. In the same year, the pair won a silver medal ...
Since 1975, just over 30 per cent of recipients of an Order of Australia honour have been women. [52] The number of nominations and awards for women is trending up, with the 2023 Australia Day Honours resulting in the highest percentage of awards for women to date (47.1 per cent, 47.9 per cent in the general division). [ 53 ]
After Zali Steggall won Australia's first individual medal in the Women's Slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia was founded, leading to Australia's first Winter Olympic gold medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics with Steve Bradbury winning the Men's 1000 metres and Alisa Camplin winning the Women's aerials. [7]
First Division Women's Volleyball League (Portugal) Results, titles by club Romania: Divizia A1 (men's volleyball) Past winners: Divizia A1 (women's volleyball) Past winners Russia: Russian Volleyball Super League (men's) Russian Champions, winners of the Soviet championship: Russian Women's Volleyball Super League
South Korea were expected to get their first gold after beating Japan in the 1975 Pre-Olympic Games, but Japan came back again in 1976 for one last Olympic gold before losing their status of women's volleyball superpowers. The American-led boycott of the 1980 Games left many strong volleyball nations like Japan and South Korea out of the games ...